New York A 2597: Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

Status: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2597

Sponsors: Christopher Eachus, Jerett Gandolfo, Joe DeStefano, Keith Brown, Steve Stern, Vivian Cook

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A02597 Summary:

BILL NOA02597 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02044

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SPONSOREachus (MS)

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COSPNSRCook, Stern, DeStefano, Gandolfo, Brown K

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MLTSPNSRMcDonough, Paulin

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Amd §800, Tax L

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Exempts community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

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BILL NOA02597 

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01/21/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2597

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, COOK, STERN, DeSTEFANO, GANDOLFO,
 K. BROWN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH, PAULIN -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the exemption of community
 colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transporta-
 tion mobility tax

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (b) of section 800 of the tax
 2 law, as added by section 1 of part YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2015,
 3 is amended to read as follows:
 4 (4) Any eligible educational institution. An "eligible educational
 5 institution" shall mean any public school district, a board of cooper-
 6 ative educational services, a public elementary or secondary school, a
 7 school approved pursuant to article eighty-five or eighty-nine of the
 8 education law to serve students with disabilities of school age, [or] a
 9 nonpublic elementary or secondary school that provides instruction in
 10 grade one or above, or a community college, all public library systems
 11 as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred seventy-two of the
 12 education law, and all public and free association libraries as such
 13 terms are defined in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-three
 14 of the education law.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05684-01-5

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